The UN Has Condemned Underage Forced Marriages In Zimbabwe: The UN has condemned underage forced marriages in Zimbabwe following the death of a 14-year-old girl reportedly during childbirth. The death has sparked widespread anger on social media and among children’s rights activists. Cases of child marriages in Zimbabwe: Cases of violence perpetrated against women and […]
Month: August 2021
Bhutanese Satellite : ISRO
ISRO Is Set To Launch A Bhutanese Satellite: Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is set to launch a Bhutanese satellite in December this year. The development of the INS-2B satellite of Bhutan is being underway by four Bhutanese engineers who were trained at ISRO’s UR Rao Satellite Centre in Bengaluru from December 28 to February […]
Ujjwala 2.0 (Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana – PMUY)
Ujjwala 2.0 (Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana – PMUY): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch Ujjwala 2.0 (Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana – PMUY) by handing over LPG connections, at Mahoba Uttar Pradesh on 10th August, 2021. Ujjwala 1.0: During Ujjwala 1.0 launched in 2016, a target was set to provide LPG connections to 5 crore women […]
Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS: 9th August 2021
Today Current Affairs: 9th August 2021 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
New Information Technology (IT) Rules 2021
The New Information Technology (IT) Rules: On February 25, the Centre framed the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021, in the exercise of powers under section 87 (2) of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and in supersession of the earlier Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines) Rules 2011, which will come into […]
Public Accounts Committee: Important Points
Public Accounts Committee: The Public Accounts Committee, headed by Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, is going on a four-day tour of Srinagar, Kargil, Leh and Drass. The committee visit is in connection with a 2019 report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on “high altitude clothing, equipment, ration and housing” for the Army personnel. […]
Abanindranath Tagore: Important Points
Abanindranath Tagore: The year-long celebrations marking 150 years of Abanindranath Tagore will be started soon, with a host of online workshops and talks paying tributes to the leading light of the Bengal School of Art. Birth: Abanindranath Tagore took birth in a family of Tagores of Jorasanko in Kolkata in 1871. He was a nephew […]
Permanent Forum Of People Of African Descent
Permanent Forum Of People Of African Descent: The United Nations General Assembly has approved a resolution establishing a Permanent Forum of People of African Descent. The Forum focuses on the themes of recognition, justice and development. About the Forum: The forum will provide expert advice on addressing the challenges of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and […]
Permanent Seat for India in United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
United Nations Security Council (UNSC): In the past, the Obama and Trump administrations had supported a permanent seat for India on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). However, the recent statements by the State Department under the new US President Joe Biden, reflects an ambiguous or half-hearted view on this issue. Highlights of the Recent […]
Drones for Aerial Survey of Centrally Protected Monuments
DRONES: Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have granted conditional exemption from Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Rules, 2021 to the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar. The exemption allows the aerial survey and photogrammetry of centrally protected monuments in collaboration with the Archaeological Survey of India […]
